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The New Stateman reports on the BDA's evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee, presented this week Access to NHS dental care has depleted. According to a BBC and British Dental Association (BDA) investigation last year, nine in ten NHS dentist practices are not accepting new adult patients, and...

The Daily Mail reports the story of Stuart McCance, who visits schools in Norfolk and Waveney to promote good oral hygiene, saying that for some six-year-olds he is the first dentist they have ever seen. 'In some instances, we're finding it's the first time kids have seen a dentist -...

The BBC reports more than 50% of children in Swindon do not have access to an NHS dentist, according to a report from NHS England. The commissioner for NHS dentistry, Jo Lawton, said children in the Wiltshire town have an access rate of 47.6%. The figure is still higher than...

Free toothbrushes and toothpaste will be given out to those who need them most in Wolverhampton through a £40,000 scheme by council and health bosses, The Express and Star reports. The items will be distributed to people and families via charities, food banks, religious places of worship, warm spaces, Strengthening...

More than one in five Britons are currently not signed up with a dentist, according to a YouGov poll which revealed some people are even extracting their own teeth and attempting root canal treatment, the i paper reports. Patients across England, Scotland and Wales have shared desperate experiences in a...

This morning, the Health and Social Care Committee received ‘brutally honest’ oral evidence on the state of NHS dentistry from dental leaders reports Dentistry.co.uk. MPs heard the facts about the state of NHS dentistry this morning. In the first public evidence session into the Health and Social Care Committee’s NHS...

A dentist who visits schools to check children's dental health has said some six-year-olds "have never seen a toothbrush", the BBC reports. Stuart McCance is part of a voluntary project working with more than 800 pupils in Norfolk and Waveney. No dental practice in the area is registering children as...

Over 70 children a day are having teeth removed because of decay amid warnings the country’s dental system is broken, the Mirror reports. Latest NHS England figures show there were 26,741 hospital operations to remove children's teeth in 2021-33, equivalent to 73 every day. This is almost double the 14,645...

More than 4,500 people in Powys are on the waiting list for an NHS dentist, the Brecon and Radnor reports. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by Plaid Cymru MS Cefin Campbell has revealed that 4,599 people in the Powys Teaching Health Board area were on the waiting list....

The Mail on Sunday reports on the crisis in access to NHS dental treatment featuring BDA commentary. Readers told the Mail they felt 'frightened and let down' by the NHS dental service at a time in their lives when they needed it most. Cash strapped pensioners are being forced to...